And as the first three methotrexate treatments went, so did the fourth. Once more I checked into the hospital on a Monday and then checked out on Thursday.
This time I wanted to do everything I could to avoid suffering through the joint pain on Saturday morning. My lizard brain considered trying to stay in the [...]
The Friday after my first high-dose methotrexate was New Years Eve. We partied with some friends in Wallingford, and then the group walked to Gasworks Park to watch the fireworks at the Space Needle. My legs were absolutely exhausted by the walk to and back. They were not happy at all. The next morning the [...]
Hey there, long time no see! The last month has been a roller-coaster, full of ups and downs. In that order.
This is going to be really long. Check with your stomach first: is it growling? Grab a snack before starting to read. I care about your comfort!
At the beginning of December we did a bunch [...]
On Tuesday I wrote to Dr Norman to describe the litany of symptoms that have been ailing me for the last few weeks; that evening he responded that he would have some extra time Wednesday morning before his first patient, and that I should come by to see him.
His suspicion was that my correlating digestive [...]
The victory of the stem cell collection marked the end of needing to give myself the Neupogen shots each night, which is nice. But since then I’ve been dealing with a really annoying headache. Actually the headaches started during the week just before the collection; splitting headaches that couldn’t be extinguished laying down.
I tried taking [...]
It has been a crazy last two days. Crazy in the sense that they were more than expected.
First, we got some good news: the CT scan after my fourth round was mostly unchanged from after my second round, so we’re calling this a “complete response after two cycles” and that the disease has remained stable [...]
I went in for my bone marrow biopsy today during lunchtime. First Dr Norman used a local anesthetic to dull all of the nerves that he could.
Then there was a bunch of stuff that would sound gruesome if I wrote it out; he took a little bit of bone marrow, a little bit of bone, [...]